MOVE OVER, CRONUTS: 'Doissants' Have Arrived At Bakeries Everywherehttp://www.businessinsider.com/doissants-take-on-cronut-craze-2013-6/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:15:53 -0500Megan Willetthttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51ae1adf69bedd615b000003eilonwyTue, 04 Jun 2013 12:50:39 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51ae1adf69bedd615b000003
Not surprising that Pillsbury's prepared: deep-frying their canned dough as a donut substitute is a fairly old trick that the company has actively promoted over the years.
The mid-1960s version I've seen in cookbooks uses the biscuit dough, but the canned croissant dough was introduced only in 1965, so the possibilities probably hadn't been fully explored yet.